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Mississippi Business NewsMon, 11 Dec 2017 14:25:08 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.845828637Judge rejects request to delay ruling on oil spill penaltieshttp://msbusiness.com/2015/05/judge-rejects-request-to-delay-ruling-on-oil-spill-penalties/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/judge-rejects-request-to-delay-ruling-on-oil-spill-penalties/#respondTue, 12 May 2015 21:10:31 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=102440NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has refused to delay a pending ruling on how much BP will have to pay in Clean Water Act penalties for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The request was made in a motion filed Monday by Texas lawyer Brent Coon, who represents plaintiffs with various claims against ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/judge-rejects-request-to-delay-ruling-on-oil-spill-penalties/feed/0102440Jury trials for medical lawsuits over BP oil spill approvedhttp://msbusiness.com/2015/04/jury-trials-for-medical-lawsuits-over-bp-oil-spill-approved/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/04/jury-trials-for-medical-lawsuits-over-bp-oil-spill-approved/#commentsWed, 29 Apr 2015 17:38:00 +0000http://new.msbusiness.com/?p=99518NEW ORLEANS — Oil spill cleanup workers who sue BP for medical problems that surface later in life have the right to make their case before a jury, a federal judge has ruled. The BP oil spill medical settlement reached in 2012 was set up to pay cleanup workers and others who experienced certain illnesses ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/04/jury-trials-for-medical-lawsuits-over-bp-oil-spill-approved/feed/199518Judge: 3 million barrels discharged after 2010 BP spillhttp://msbusiness.com/2015/01/judge-3-million-barrels-discharged-2010-bp-spill/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/01/judge-3-million-barrels-discharged-2010-bp-spill/#respondFri, 16 Jan 2015 14:25:42 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=97604NEW ORLEANS — The amount of oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of a 2010 rig explosion was more than BP estimated, but less than the government calculated, a federal judge determined Thursday in a ruling that could cost the London-based oil giant more than $13 billion. U.S. District Judge Carl ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/01/judge-3-million-barrels-discharged-2010-bp-spill/feed/097604BP appealing to have oil spill settlement administrator removedhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/11/bp-appealing-oil-spill-settlement-administrator-removed/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/bp-appealing-oil-spill-settlement-administrator-removed/#respondWed, 19 Nov 2014 12:05:49 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=96395NEW ORLEANS — BP is heading to a federal appeals court in its effort to oust the administrator of damage settlement claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The company filed notice yesterday that it plans to file with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. BP has long ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/bp-appealing-oil-spill-settlement-administrator-removed/feed/096395Barbier reaffirms 'gross negligence' ruling against BP for oil spillhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/11/barbier-reaffirms-gross-negligence-ruling-bp-oil-spill/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/barbier-reaffirms-gross-negligence-ruling-bp-oil-spill/#respondFri, 14 Nov 2014 12:51:57 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=96255GULF OF MEXICO — A federal judge in New Orleans is sticking to his ruling that said BP’s conduct in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster amounted to “gross negligence.” It could mean close to $18 billion in federal penalties for the oil giant. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier yesterday rejected BP’s call ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/barbier-reaffirms-gross-negligence-ruling-bp-oil-spill/feed/096255Judge refuses to dismiss oil spill settlement administratorhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/11/judge-refuses-dismiss-oil-spill-settlement-administrator/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/judge-refuses-dismiss-oil-spill-settlement-administrator/#respondTue, 11 Nov 2014 12:27:47 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=96006NEW ORLEANS — BP’s call for the ouster of the administrator of damage settlement claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was rejected yesterday by a federal judge. BP lawyers had said Patrick Juneau should be removed for a variety of reasons, among them that he had a conflict of interest because ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/judge-businesses-shouldnt-repay-oil-spill-settlement-money/feed/094073Barbier to hear arguments over repayment of oil spill settlement moneyhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/09/barbier-hear-arguments-repayment-oil-spill-settlement-money/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/barbier-hear-arguments-repayment-oil-spill-settlement-money/#respondWed, 24 Sep 2014 12:16:51 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=93946NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge for Gulf of Mexico oil spill cases was set to hear arguments today about whether BP PLC should get back hundreds of millions of dollars from businesses that got settlement payments between August 2012 and October 2013. The oil company says that’s only fair because Judge Carl Barbier found ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/barbier-hear-arguments-repayment-oil-spill-settlement-money/feed/093946BP possibly facing another $18B in fines after Barbier's oil spill rulinghttp://msbusiness.com/2014/09/bp-possibly-facing-another-18b-fines-barbiers-oil-spill-ruling/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/bp-possibly-facing-another-18b-fines-barbiers-oil-spill-ruling/#respondFri, 05 Sep 2014 12:11:10 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=93134NEW ORLEANS — BP could be looking at close to $18 billion in additional fines over the nation’s worst offshore oil spill after a federal judge ruled yesterday that the company acted with “gross negligence” in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier concluded that the London-based oil giant showed a ...